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Best movie of this year hands down!

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Fun Roger Corman flick about a small group of people who survived a nuclear war only to be in danger from a monster. The survivors are a geologist (Richard Denning), a guy with a Moe Howard haircut who suffered radiation burns (Paul Dubov), a hotheaded hoodlum (Mike Connors) and his stripper girlfriend (Adele Jergens), an old prospector (Raymond Hatton), and a father (Paul Birch) and his daughter (Lori Nelson). They spend most of the movie hanging around Birch's house talking, fighting, and lusting after Nelson, but it's not as boring as it sounds. The characters are pretty one-note but the actors are able to keep them interesting enough. The monster is courtesy of Paul Blaisdell. It's a pretty kooky-looking creature. This is a low budget movie so don't expect much from the effects or production values. But there's a charm to it, as with many of Corman's early films, that I find hard to resist.

In a post-Apocalyptic world after an atomic war seven disparate people find themselves in a protected valley in the home of a survivalist (Paul Birch) and his beautiful daughter (Lori Nelson).Much like other films in Corman's history with American International Pictures, this one allegedly started out with James Nicholson thinking up a title and then commissioning Lou Rusoff to write a script. Basing an entire film off the title may seem silly or dangerous, but it worked -- no money was ever lost."Day the World Ended" can be compared to "Panic in Year Zero", which was another Corman film (produced by Rusoff) about the world shortly after a nuclear explosion. Despite this one featuring a three-eyes, four-armed monster, it feels more real in its portrayal of the world after the bomb. The constant tension is evident, whereas in "Panic" the music seems to negate any level of serious peril...Besides being an early Corman film, the cast has a few names and faces that should be familiar to fans of the 1950s horror and science fiction scene. The lead, Richard Denning, is best known for "Creature From the Black Lagoon". Jonathan Haze was a Corman regular, most notably in "Little Shop of Horrors". Adele Jergens was even married to the Amazing Colossal Man! The monster, created by Paul Blaisdell, may come across as cheesy, but this is all a part of the charm. Blaisdell had made so many great contributions to the science fiction of the 1950s, his name deserves to be better known. He may not be a Stan Winston or Willis O'Brien, but he was important in his own way.Not the best film in Corman's career (it is easily overshadowed by the Poe films), but still a strong part of his earliest days, and well worth a peak from fans. There is enough to love in the film that even picky horror fans should get a smile or two.

Roger Corman directed this doomsday science fiction monster thriller, as a disparate group of survivors converge at a ranch house. There, they bicker with each other over what to do next, and petty jealousies between the men and women. Meanwhile, there is a mutated creature roaming the area, which complicates an already desperate situation. Richard Denning, Lori Nelson, Adele Jergens, Mike Connors, and Paul Birch star. Another memorable monster suit creation is the only noteworthy thing in this poorly made farrago, with an absurd story and remarkably slow pace. Very little action, just a lot of dull and tedious talk. An early effort from Corman, who would later improve.

Ostensibly Roger Corman's first shot at a sci-fi movie, this low-budget effort is interesting for being more of a drama than a genre picture, even with a horned, three-eyed mutant stalking the survivors of a nuclear holocaust. These survivors gather in a home in the countryside, where they do their best to get along, except for one slimy individual (Mike Connors) who wants to rule the roost. Richard Denning is the clean-cut leading man and Lori Nelson is his love interest. The great Paul Birch plays the homeowner and Nelson's dad. Adele Jergens plays Connors' stripper girlfriend and Raymond Hatton is an old-time miner, complete with a burro in tow. Not much actually happens, but the interaction among this ragtag group keeps up the interest. The ending is yet another Adam and Eve variation, a very popular theme in early sci-fi flicks and TV shows like"The Twilight Zone." The cast is definitely a notch or two above the usual casts of sci-fi and horror films of the period.